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usurp

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u·surp  (y-sûrp, -zûrp)
v. u·surped, u·surp·ing, u·surps
v.tr.
1. To seize and hold (the power or rights of another, for example) by force and without legal authority. See Synonyms at appropriate.
2. To take over or occupy without right: usurp a neighbor's land.
v.intr.
To seize another's place, authority, or possession wrongfully.

[Middle English usurpen, from Old French usurper, from Latin srpre, to take into use, usurp; see reup- in Indo-European roots.]

u·surper n.
u·surping·ly adv.

usurp [yewz-zurp]
Verb
to seize a position or power without authority [Latin usurpare to take into use]
usurpation n
usurper n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.usurp - seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died"
take - take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill"
annex - take (territory) as if by conquest; "Hitler annexed Lithuania"
appropriate, conquer, seize, capture - take possession of by force, as after an invasion; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle"
preoccupy - occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance; "the army preoccupied the hills"
hijack - seize control of; "they hijacked the judicial process"
raid - take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock; "T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies"
2.usurp - take the place of; "gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke"
supercede, supersede, supervene upon, supplant, replace - take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"

usurp
verb seize, take over, assume, take, appropriate, wrest, commandeer, arrogate, infringe upon, lay hold of
Translations

usurp [juːˈzəːp] vtusurpar
usurp [juːˈzəːp] vtusurper
usurp [juːˈzəːp] vt [+ title, position] → an sich acc reißen
usurp [juːˈzəːp] vtusurpare

usurp
v usurp [juˈzəːp]
to take (another person's power, position etc) without the right to do so The king's uncle tried to usurp the throne; I shall not allow him to usurp my authority.oorweldig, onregmatig neemيَغْتَصِبзаграбвамuchvátit; přisvojit sitilrane sig; bemægtige sigan sich reißenσφετερίζομαιusurparanastamaغصب کردنanastaausurperלִתפוֹס בְכּוֹחहड़प लेना, छीन लेनाuzurpirati, svojatatibitorol{{XB}}hrifsa völdusurpare奪うužgrobtiuzurpēt; sagrābtmerampasusurperenrane til seg, legge beslag przywłaszczyć sobieusurpara uzurpaузурпироватьuchvátiť, zmocniť sanasilno se polastitiprigrabititillskansa sig, lägga beslag påชิงzorla almak, gasp etmek篡奪, 篡位узурпувати, незаконно захоплюватиبالجبر قبضہ کرناchiếm, chiếm đoạt,
n uˈsurper
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If a single member should attempt to usurp the supreme authority, he could not be supposed to have an equal authority and credit in all the confederate states.
I mean that he should try to usurp the functions of the Creator I could never have believed, but my knowledge of him, coupled with what you have said, and the extreme lengths to which he has gone to maintain absolute secrecy for his present experiments can only lead to one inference; and that, that his present work, if successful, would have results that would not be countenanced by civilized society or government.
The girl was frankly glad to see him once more and laughingly chid him because he had allowed another to usurp his prerogative and rescue her from Peter of Colfax.
 
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